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Thunder Valley Development Corporation has purchased 48 acres in Whiteclay, Nebraska.

The Huskers women’s basketball team’s undefeated start includes seven wins against top-100 teams, according to the NCAA rankings. Assistant Head Coach Chuck Love said his team’s attitude has sparked the fast start.

Jalene Carpenter is CEO of the Nebraska Healthcare Association and says closures occurred, in part, due to a lack of funding.

Governor Ricketts reinstated an extra $20 per day payment to assisted living facilities starting early next year.

But it’s too late for Arapahoe's assisted living facility, where Alan Thomas stays. His wife, Heidi is a teacher and works part-time as a registered nurse at Good Samaritan Society in Arapahoe.

The Nebraska State Fair and its stakeholders formed ‘The 1868 Foundation’ to deliver a remodeling proposal. In the plan released Wednesday, the foundation asked for $25 million from the state’s infrastructure fund to revamp its campus at Grand Island’s Fonner Park.

The alarm blared around 11:07 CT Tuesday evening – the same alert many Nebraskans hear for severe weather events or AMBER alerts.

Heading into the holiday week, COVID-19 cases dropped 2% over the last two weeks. Hospitalizations are also down. The Nebraska Public Health Lab Right reports on average that omicron makes up less than 10% of COVID cases. However, the lab notes that could change dramatically in the coming days.

Linccoln-Lancaster County Health Director Pat Lopez says the mask mandate will not be extended.

Nebraska Humane Society rescued about 500 exotic animals found in a Papillion home this week.

That changed, when the National Weather Service confirmed 22 tornadoes touched down in Nebraska from December 15th storms.

The storms were a part of a ‘serial derecho,’ or a large band of hurricane-like thunderstorms. Forecasters say the storm’s destructive path began in central Nebraska, then moved northeast.